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[Oky Wan Kenobi]

Name: Freeze Ray Frenzy
Set: 5970
Theme: Space Police (III)
Year: 2009
Pieces: 80
Minifigs: 2
Price: USD 9.99 (10.99 @ TRU)

Hello there! Welcome to one of the first SP3 reviews! Since member Mania3 has found many of the 2009 summer sets in Legoland California, I figured they would pop up in TRU soon as well, so I went there every day ever since. And last Friday, they finally had them. Besides this set, they also had 5971 and 5972, along with all the new City, Agents, Power Miners, and Racers sets.
Because I didn't want to spend too much money, I only got this set and a small Agents 2.0 set. Anyhoo, let's get started, shall we?

The Box

The box is the same size as that of 8967 Gold Tooth's Getaway.





On the side of the box, you can find an ad for a Lego Space videogame. You can discuss the ad here.



Content

Inside the box, there are two bags, a loose engine piece, the instructions, and a sticker sheet.



Note that my engine piece came with hardened glue drops on it which I had to peal off.



Notable pieces include the new fire piece and the new flick-fire missile holder piece.



Minifigs

The two minifigs included in this set are Kranxx and a Space Police officer with sunglasses, and they are the only printed pieces in the set. Both have very detailed leg printing. Kranxx' mouth is a hole that goes right into the stud hole of his head. This allows you to see the white stripe on his neck through his mouth. The head itself seems to be made out of the same plastic as normal minifig heads.



From the side (with the officer's visor down):



The backs have printing as well. Note that I removed the air tanks of the officer for this pic.



The Set

First, you build the stop sign and traffic light. Not much to show here. The traffic light has studs all around it so that you can add more "lights" to it if you want.



Next, you build the cop's hoverbike.











With the minifig on it:







The engine on the back of the bike can turn 360 degrees and the missile launchers can be pulled out and used as a hand held weapon for the space cop. Those missiles are supposed to be the freeze rays mentioned in the title of the set. Don't ask me why they are called rays when they are actually missiles. It makes about as much sense as the side turrets of the Clone Wars AAT being FFMs.



The last thing you build is Kranxx' pimped-out Hot Rod Hoverbike. It is made up of two parts.











Here are some pics of the top and bottom. Note that I turned the fire piece 90 degrees to make it look better. If you don't change it, the fire piece just looks like an orange line, like in the Back pic above.





With the minifig:





Left-Over Pieces



Bonus

First, here is a little movie reference:



And secondly, here is a little head-swapping: Kranxx after a sex change, and bad-boy Ahsoka.



More pics in the Brickshelf folder.

Stay tuned for my ratings!

This post has been edited by KimT: 19 May 2009 - 09:48 AM

[Mr. Mandalorian]

Bad guy vehicle? EDIT: OK, it's there now.

Ok, first, I wish the SP torsos would be more detailed- something on the level of the Dino Attack torsos. I never liked the theme, but the torsos were great. These seem a little bland. Maybe if they put in black arms, instead.

I was expecting a little more from the speeder bike- I'm not too sure at the moment.

[MarcusV3]

Great review! You made me want this set even more Also in Star Trek the new movie (this isn't a spoiler) Young kirk gets pulled over by a futuristic space cop on a flying hovercraft. It reminded me of this set

[Svelte]

Woo! The reviews commence!

Great review, really nice pics. Thanks Oky!

The set itself isn't doing much for me but I am loving these SP aliens!

[kill will]

What plastic is the Alien's head made of? Is it normal ABS or the softer kind?

This post has been edited by kill will: 17 May 2009 - 12:46 AM

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kill will, on May 17 2009, 02:45 AM, said:

What plastic is the Alien's head made of? Is it normal ABS or the softer kind?

It's not soft, probably standard ABS.

[Ricecracker]

Hooray! Thanks for the review, Oky Wan. I really love TLC using the trike chassis for the base of the police craft, and the staggered jumper plates for Kranx are nice, rather than having them both on one side. I can't wait for you to finish this, so get to work!

[Algernon]

The reviews have begun!

This isn't my favorite SP3 set but I do like it. And personally, I like the Police figs. They're not incredibly detailed, but as a result they're very versatile. I could see many uses for them in minifigs.

I think this set would be fun to play with even if it isn't a masterpiece.

This post has been edited by Algernon: 17 May 2009 - 01:03 AM

[just2good]

I want this set!!!!
Anyways, nice review.

[YG-49]

I thought the one with the green alien that has four arms is called "Freeze Ray Frenzy" Because that alien just "happens" to be named "Frenzy". Originally this was going to be called "Some Space Cop on Lunch Break Chasing Kranxx Down a Highway After he Ran a Stopsign"

This post has been edited by YG-49: 17 May 2009 - 03:28 AM

[CP5670]

Nice review. The alien minifig is great, but the rest of the set is nothing remarkable. The traffic signs are a cool addition. It looks like this chase is supposed to be occurring on the ground. I would have liked to see a small windscreen on at least the alien ship though, and there are too many stickers as well. At least the computer panel should have been printed.

[Maegnus]

This is probably the only SP3 set I will end up passing on (though Squidman's Pit Stop looks pretty weak as well). I will get Kranxx in the Galactic Enforcer set, so this one seems kind of redundant. The vehicles do nothing for me. It is a cheaper way to get that awesome alien fig though.

[Lordofdragonss]

Wait a minute... Where is the Freeze ray?

Kranxx is must have, its looking too cute to be a cryminalist!

[Svelte]

Lordofdragonss, on May 17 2009, 04:56 PM, said:

Wait a minute... Where is the Freeze ray?

Good point!

What is the freeze ray? Who is frenzied?

[Batbrick]

svelte_corps, on May 17 2009, 05:01 PM, said:

What is the freeze ray? Who is frenzied?

I think the Blacktron ship IS the freeze ray.

Great review Oky, awesome to see that these sets are coming in. I quite like tihjs set, but I think it is the weakest of the Space Police ones. That said, the figs are fantastic, why is it only now that TLC is releasing figs so useful for post apoc!? Kranxx is great, I'll find many uses for him. The actual set isn't anything special, but I won't buy it for that reason anyway.

Batbrick Away!